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Volume 5, Issue 19 (4-2017)
Abstract
From the perspective of urban planners, parks are one of the prominent public areas in the city and important parts of the urban body, human and natural structures that are considered as an alive and dynamic element that has a role of ecological, social and embellish feedback in the face of the city. The aim of this project is to evaluate the quality stages of the urban parks of Ahvaz. The approach of the research is descriptive-analysis, subjective, and measurement. The under study indicators are calculating the park area, the green space areas, the drainage conditions, the number of light stands, the number of chairs and benches, the number of trash cans, the number of trees and bushes, the washrooms, playing equipment, the fountains, the passage areas, the bowers, the statues and commemorations, the security, buffets, restaurants, drinking water, and the children’s playground. To process and analyze the data we used the Electere models and to evaluate the weighted indicators, the ANTROPY model was applied. Finally, after evaluating the research indicators, the quality stages of the parks in the district No.4 of Ahvaz city were defined. The results showed that the 4th urban district of Ahvaz, enjoys less quality in comparison to other districts, and the 2nd urban district enjoys better quality stages among the urban areas.
Abbas Fakhraee, Mohammadreza Haghi, Ehsan Heydarzadeh, Elaheh Dehghani,
Volume 11, Issue 42 (3-2023)
Abstract
Introduction: Urban environments are often affected by the types of pollution, unsafe sidewalks, and
high crime rates that affect children's social and psychological development. In Bushehr, like in many
developing cities, children's rights in the urban space are ignored. Therefore, in this study, an attempt
has been made to examine the level of satisfaction of children and their parents about urban parks and to
provide solutions to improve the conditions of parks based on the indicators of a child-friendly city.
Method: In this research, first, through a review of internationally valid texts, the underlying variables
of creating a child-friendly urban space have been extracted. Then, the reliability was confirmed
according to the Cronbach's alpha test value (0.941) and the validity of the questions was checked
through interviews with experts. Then, through a questionnaire survey, children's opinions about these
variables were measured.
Factor analysis technique has been used to construct the theory of child-friendly city and to get its
constituent factors. Considering p = q = 0.5 and maximum error of 7%, the sample size was calculated
with the Cochran's formula of 196 people, which was distributed in approximately 200 questionnaires in
four parks, each park has a share of 50 questionnaires. Respondents were children aged 6 to 11, of
whom 108 were boys and 92 were girls. After completing the questionnaires, the following data were
entered into SPSS software and analyzed using the exploratory factor analysis model. The output of the
model categorizes and summarizes the variables under several homogeneous factors. The relationship
between factors and children's overall satisfaction with the parks has been evaluated using a multiple
linear regression model.
Results: According to the findings 5 factors were identified as explaining the child-friendly urban space
for Bushehr. The total cumulative variance of these 5 extraction factors is 67.5. These factors include
"liveliness", "efficiency", "security", "readability" and "controllability". Also, the results show the
Maadar park has a significant advantage over other parks and Shaghab Park has been associated with the
lowest score. Shaghab Park is markedly weak in the fourth (Readability) and fifth (controllability)
factors.
Conclusion: Accrding to the research findings the intervention strategies in the parks can be adjusted
based on the variables related to each factor and it was expected that the situation of the child-friendly
atmosphere in the parks would be improved by upgrading the variables. Achieving this can, in addition
to reducing social tensions and anomalies, strengthen the sense of security of children and parents,
increase the satisfaction of park users, ultimately lead to more people and promote vitality in parks and
other urban spaces.